Pajhwok reporter

KABUL): Seventeen internally-displaced people, mostly children, died of severe cold weather in Kabul and Herat provinces, the Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The deaths took

KABUL): The Council of Ministers on Monday said it had directed the deputy interior minister to investigate a UN report that offered ‘credible and reliable

KABUL Army officials on Monday discussed ways of countering the improvised explosive device (IED) threat. At a meeting in the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Four suspected militants were killed in two separate incidents, including a night time security operation by foreign troops, in northern Kunduz province,

Pajhwok Report KABUL): Barack Obama began his second term as US president on Sunday, when he was sworn in by the chief justice at a brief

KABUL, on Sunday called torture one the most serious violations of human rights and dignity. While welcoming the UN’s efforts to monitor detention centres, the

KABUL, calling prisoner abuse a serious concern, on Sunday alleged that rampant torture persisted in numerous Afghan-run detention facilities across the country. UNAMA said in

MAIMANA (PAN): A woman and her two children were found dead in the Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province on Sunday, officials said.  The bodies

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Police on Sunday said it had delivered weapons to a group spearheading an anti-Taliban uprising in the Nahr-i-Saraj area of Greshk district in

KABUL would need assistance from its Arab allies, the foreign ministry in Kabul said on Sunday. Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin said this at a

KABUL insurgents and a minor girl were killed in clashes and an airstrike in southern Helmand and eastern Kunar provinces, officials said on Sunday. Five

JALALABAD/ MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): A fierce clash is ongoing between security forces and armed rebels in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official